The Government is doubtless pleased with what it will see as an elegant solution to a problem triggered last year by the appointment of New Zealand's ambassador to Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

An Israeli conductor collapsed and died in the middle of a performance as horrified audience members looked on.

King Abdullah, who has ruled Saudi Arabia since August 2005 and sought to modernise the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, has died.

A diverse and stunning coral reef is in danger of becoming the next victim of one of Israel's worst environmental disasters.

Arab workers across Israel have been sacked in a backlash following a wave of Palestinian attacks against Israelis, the country's equal opportunities body said yesterday.

Israel revived one of its most controversial policies by blowing up the home of a Palestinian man who killed two people, including a 3-month-old baby, by smashing his car into a crowded tram stop.

Palestinian leaders accused Israel of an act of war in closing the sacred Temple Mount religious site after a dramatic rooftop ambush of an Arab accused of trying to kill a far-Right Jewish activist provoked rioting.

An Israeli air strike hit a house in central Gaza before dawn yesterday, fatally injuring five family members, including two women and two preschoolers.

Israel said it would call up 10,000 reservists as Palestinians vowed to avenge Israel's killing of three Hamas commanders in Gaza.

One young couple in Israel got more than they bargained for on their wedding day this week when their celebration became a platform for protest against intermarriage of Israel's Jewish and Arab populations.

Almost 100 protesters staged a loud picket outside NZ Superannuation Fund today as six anti-Israeli protesters chained themselves to the front desk of the company's office.

The NZ Super Fund will continue with its $900k investment in an Israeli company making white phosphorus, which critics say has been used in recent conflicts.

The Israeli Army is researching a sensor-based system designed to detect tunnels it says are being dug by Palestinian militants trying to infiltrate into Israel from Gaza.

Lana Del Rey has cancelled her first-ever concert in Tel Aviv because of the political unrest between Israeli and Palestinian forces.

The first full day of peace reveals the massive reconstruction task ahead.

Google is facing criticism for continuing to allow Android mobile users to download a game called "Bomb Gaza".

Memories of his service along the Gaza border two years ago have been streaming through the mind of Shai Davidovich this week.

Prime Minister John Key is rejecting claims the Government is too soft on Israel and should expel the Israeli Ambassador.

The birth of Palestinian quadruplets has brought some optimism to the horrific and ongoing bloodshed in conflict-stricken Gaza.

Israeli aircraft, tanks and gunboats pounded symbols of Hamas control in Gaza City in the heaviest night of bombardment in three weeks of fighting.

Israel is approaching a fateful decision on what to do when it completes the stated initial goal of its ground offensive: locating and destroying Hamas cross-border tunnels.

A young soldier killed in a firefight with Hamas gunmen in the southern Gaza Strip was born in New Zealand.

Crowds gathered again in Auckland to protest Israel's ground offensive in Gaza.

Crowds gathered in Auckland again today to protest Israel's ground offensive in Gaza.